This is exactly the functionality I want from a chat client, and have been unable to find.
But it’s Electron. Pass.
(Unless I find time to go figure out if it can be used with other Matrix clients…)
NovaChat: Multi-Network Chat
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Re: NovaChat: Multi-Network Chat
#12This is exactly the functionality I want from a chat client, and have been unable to find. But it’s Electron. Pass. (Unless I find time to go figure out if it can be used with other Matrix clients…)
(I made this) It works with any matrix client. But the UI naturally is not as nice. I use it daily with RiotX on Android and it works fine.
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#13I've built a not for profit multi-platform capable matrix chat client that is now in open alpha called Syphon (https://github.com/syphon-org/syphon) to largely address the issue of proprietary chat clients.
Private, secure communication (with a decent brand and ui) should be accessible to everyone by now. Signal does a great job of filling the void for now but if they fail or are blocked by a country or community, the application interface itself is not a protocol to which people could easily pivot to the “gmail” of Signal.
I’m hoping that Riot’s upcoming rebrand will mark the start of this transition. We needed centralized efforts to spread usage of matrix, or even a similarly accessible protocol, but make it easy for those to create or maintain their own connection to that network. If all else fails, I guess we’ll have Syphon.
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#14I'm not sure why this is needed...looks to me like a solution in search of a problem.
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#152 things.
1) much better name for a matrix client than the others, Nova sounds cool.
2) $10/month is more than Disney+ per month. Could there be the option to accept a $5/month for desktop only and a separate $5/month for mobile? Then a combined $10/month for both?
Massive kudos on it looking good (even if electron) and doing Matrix stuff nicely.
I will be watching this closely, especially when Signal is ready to go.
Re: NovaChat: Multi-Network Chat
#16We're working on a similar idea at https://texts.com
It supports iMessage as well, isn't based on Matrix and is completely local.
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#17I was under the impression that WhatsApp pretty aggressively bans accounts using third party clients.
How did you get around this? Or is it not an issue afterall?
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#18We're working on a similar idea at https://texts.com It supports iMessage as well, isn't based on Matrix and is completely local.
Thanks for providing a link. I signed up. Looking forward to when it becomes available. I currently use keybase for search and annotation so would like to see keybase included as well.
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#19Closed-source, single-dev Matrix frontend that doesn't even mention MS Teams. I want to like it, but for a monthly service fee it needs to be absolutely flawless and it needs to have enterprise auth nailed -- including O365/Exchange. I also can't figure out what this does that XMPP did not do -- XMPP did all of the above and still didn't really last.
There's so many apps and many don't work on the desktop. It's just trying it's best to simplify keeping in touch with people where they want to talk.
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#20I was under the impression that WhatsApp pretty aggressively bans accounts using third party clients. How did you get around this? Or is it not an issue afterall?
Seems like they're running a chrome process controlled via the automation APIs.